Flower-box.



M. 13G-ER.

FLQWER Box. Y

APPLICATION FILED PBBJ'L 1913.

Patented Jan. 3, 1914.

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,FLOWER-JEUX.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, MARY Eene, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Flower-Boxes, of which the following is a speciiication.

rlhis invention has for its primary object the provision of a flower box which may be stamped from a single piece of sheet metal; one which will be designed for attachment to porch rails or like supports; one which may be readily connected with or disconnected from the rail; and one which when associated with the rail will serve to conduct the water directly to a point of discharge in the box. and to positively prevent the water from accumulating on the supporting rail at the points of immediate attachment of the box thereto.

AAnother object of the invention is to provide hanging elements which will be detachably connected with the box and which may be arranged in any suitable numbers thereon according to the size of the box whereby the latter may be properly supported from the rail. y

A still further object ot' the invention is to provide hanging elements which may be secured to the box without the provision of permanent fastening devices.

lVith these and other objects in View, the invention consists ot' certain novel features of construcwtiou, combination and arrangementoil paris, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings r--Figure l is a perspective view ot the box, showing the application ot the same to a porch rail; Fig. 2 is a vertical section therethrough; lfig. 3 is a plan view ol the blank from which the bor. is formed; and Fig. 4i. is a perspective view` showing a slightly modified form of the invention.

ln providing means which will be attractive and ornamental and of a design to permit flowers to be preserved and displayed from porches, windows or similar supports, l provide a box l., which is constructed from a blank such as the one shown ni Fig. 3. The blank is bent up on thc longitudinal line so as to provide a curved bottom 2, while from the bottoni the material oii the blank extended forwardly and upwardly at subsi'aniiall y an obtuse angle to present a front wall 3 and then further, the material' Hpecicatiou of Letters Watent. application and nehmer; ifi, ieia serial no. marea Patented Jan. i3, 1 914.

Y of the blank is extended upwardly, as at li,

to provide an inner wall, which is spaced by the bottom 2 from the front wall 3. 'EX- tensions 5 of the Wall forming portion 4f are bent on the transverse lines B and soldered or otherwise suitably'secured to the front wall 3 of the box, so as to form the connecting ends or heads 6. The wall l is provided with a gutter 7, which terminates above the plane of the open end of the box and which extends at an angle toward such open end whereby the water will be conducted into the box and thereby held against accumulating on the box support at the points of immediate attachment of the box thereto. A reinforcing wire 8 is located in the beads 9 of p 4strip is provided with `front and rear branches l1 and l2, which lie in mutual contactwith the adjacent walls 3 and 4 of the box. The branches l1 and l2 are connected by a lower yoke portion 13 and adjacent to said portion the bracket is folded on itself to provide supportixig legs lll. The lower extremities cil the legs lie in the same general plane so that the box may be supported 'from the floor or ground without liability of its being tilted. The front branch l1 is terminally provided with a curved portion which embraces the bead at the front olthe box. The. branch' i9 is terminally upset on itselfso as to form a shank i6 having an overhangrilrcr portion i7. rlhe gutter 7 of the bonv is clamped between the oveihanging;` portion l? and the oii'set 18 ot the l'uanch. l2 so that the weightofithe box will be proporly sustained on the support with which the boit is connected. From the shank 1G, the branch i9, is extended downwardly, as at 1.9, so as to overlie one side of the rail 20.

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'llhe rail Q0, forms part of an ornamental :tence structure of a porch. The portions lil serve to space the adjacent wall 4 of the box. from sa id railing 2l to permit of the tree passage ot' air between the railing and said wall and thereby prevent the accumulation of water on the railing at the immediate points oit connection of the box therewith. The bottoni 2 oi the box is provided at desired intervals with drain perforations 21, Whereby the surplus Water may find its escape to the ground. A i When using the box in Windows7 I preforably eniploybrackets 22, Whose terminals 23 are provided with hooks 24 to receive the lgutter portions 25 of the box 26. 'In this foi-1n7 the hooks 24 may be soldered or otherwise permanently secured to the box. Ad-

i justable bolts 2T are tlireadedly connected in the branches Q3 and they are provided With Hat heads QS, which are adaptedto be adjusted against'the side sills of the Window. The brackets are provided with legs 2S,

i\'\\\'liich are adapted to rest against the Wall i the building so as to assist in the purpose of the bolts 27 toward properly supporting the box.

llaving thus described my invention, What AI claim isz- 1. A flower box having an open upper portion provided ,along one of its longitudinal Walls with a gutter which is inclined infthe direction of the open upper portion of the box, a bead extending the full length of the opposite wall of the box, and a bracket embracing the box and provided with a fronte branch terminally curved around the bead, and a rear branch terminally associated with the gutter vportion of the box. c

2. A flower box provided With an open top and a beaded front walk a rear Wall terniinally forrneclabove the open end of the In testimony whereof I alx mysignature in presence of two Witnesses.

MARY EGER.

Witnesses:

MARY ELIZABETH VALENTINE, LINUS EGER. A 

